Sam the Hedgehog needs your help in crowdfunding his film for Autism Acceptance!
April is World Autism Awareness Month – and a proudly South African crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo is asking for contributions towards a short film on the topic of autism acceptance starring a unique little hedgehog called Sam. Conceived by Johannesburg-based...
read more12 Best Drawing Tablets for Animation in 2018
Considering most of our lives are moving online, it was only a matter of time until art took the same turn. Digital art and animation have been around for many years, but that used to require large, expensive machines to handle the drawing and animation process. Those...
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Pixelating with style
Today we have quite a talented individual on our blog: Walt Viviers. He is currently the Creative Director at Menzies Media, and also the person we’ll be talking to about Pixel Art. Trying my hand at some #pixelart I think it's a good start, but more importantly, I...
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Artist Feature: Gat Melvyn
Recently, well, not so recently, came across this awesome account on Deviant Art and if any of you knows Deviant Art as well as you should, you find little gems stashed away in little corners filled with little shadows and every now and then, you find a decent stash...
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Welcome To The Gallery – MattePaint Image Resource
So I’m going to start off by saying that this is a slightly different interview than we normally would have. In fact, this is more of a shameless punt for a website I’ve found on Artstation and I thought we simply HAVE TO write about these guys on Pixelsmithstudios....
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We Interview Local Legend and Veteran Voice Actor Nick Murdoch
We had the great pleasure of chatting with a voice actor veteran, Nick Murdoch, straight from South Africa. Nick has been in the industry for ages and worked on some great local and international projects (even one he’s not allowed to talk about yet!). If...
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Artist Feature: Jonathan Hau-Yoon
Today we get to interview Jonathan Hau-Yoon in our Artist Feature. He’s currently working on Fortnite at Epic Games, but has previously worked on other games like Broforce and Genital Jousting. Games he’s worked on have been played by well over 30 million players....
read moreArtist Feature: Scott Harris
We get to interview an awesome artist today, who also teaches at DAS: School of Art and Design. He also hosts a few courses on Udemy. On top of the above, he is a very patient person, I’d know because I forgot to reply to him before writing up this interview. Let’s...
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You are Invited to the Game Mixer Game Camp!
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE GAME MIXER GAME CAMP When? Friday 17 November & Saturday 18 November 2017 9.30am – 6pm daily Goethe-Institut South Africa, Parkwood, Johannesburg RSVP until 3 Nov to: venter@johannesburg.goethe.org A Short Video What is a GameCamp? The...
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We’re Upgrading to a Better and Shinier Platform – Any Help Appreciated!
We’ve grown only by the sheer support and love from the community. Now we want to return the favour and expand the functionality of the website to help you grow and get in touch with each other. Knowledge sharing and building contacts are the building blocks of...
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